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Tubi, Fox’s free streaming service, has announced its list of December titles. The Tubi December 2024 slate features new Tubi Originals, TV series, and numerous action, art house, Black cinema, comedy, documentary, drama, horror, kids and family, romance, sci-fi and fantasy, thriller, and Western titles.

As a leading ad-supported video-on-demand service, the company engages diverse audiences through a personalized experience and the world’s largest content library of over 250,000 movies and TV episodes, a growing collection of exclusive Originals, and nearly 250 live channels.

You can watch the Tubi December 2024 lineup for free on Android and iOS mobile devices, Amazon Echo Show, Google Nest Hub Max, Comcast Xfinity X1, and Cox Contour.

You can also watch the service on connected television devices such as Amazon Fire TV, Vizio TVs, Sony TVs, Samsung TVs, Roku, Apple TV, Chromecast, Android TV, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and on the Tubi site.

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From November to December, it's time for what's next at Plex! Prepare for your "Killers of the Flower Moon" screening by catching one of Martin Scorcese and Leonardo DiCaprio's collaborations, "The Aviator," taking flight on the free streamer on Dec. 1.

The platform will also add romantic dramas and thrillers such as “Two Lovers” starring Joaquin Phoenix and Gwyneth Paltrow and double the dosage for A24 heads with “It Comes At Night” and “The Last Black Man in San Francisco.”

Check out The Streamable’s top picks for Plex’s December additions and see everything getting added to the library throughout the month!

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“Parasite” filmmaker and Oscar winner Bong Joon-ho makes his directorial debut with the 2000 black comedy that follows Yun-ju (played by Lee Sung-jae), a part-time...

We might be entering the dog days of summer but Hulu isn’t slowing down. The streamer’s list of new releases for August 2023 is a pretty impressive collection of content.

The biggest Hulu original this month is season 3 of true crime comedy Only Murders in the Building on Aug. 8. This time around Meryl Streep and Paul Rudd are joining the already-stacked cast that features Steve Martin, Martin Short, and Selena Gomez. This season’s central murder appears to take place at a theater (outside the building) but I think we’ll let it slide.

That’s far from the only worthwhile original in August as Aug. 2 sees the premiere of the third and final season of superb comedy Reservation Dogs. That will be followed by South Korean sci-fi series Moving on Aug. 9, Solar Opposites season 4 on Aug. 14, and A Murder at the End of the World on Aug. 29. Of course,...

Though details about the film are still cloaked in a black, interplanetary goo, there’s word from the Sony camp that Juno Temple will star opposite Tom Hardy in the third installment of the slightly deranged McU-adjacent “Spider-Man”-related trilogy. Michelle Williams was the romantic lead, Anne Weying, in the first two, which concluded with Hardy’s Eddie Brock/Venom and going their separate ways. It is unclear who the 33-year-old London-born Temple will be playing in the new installment, but Deadline reported her involvement.

Also, the new chapter in the “Venom” story will be Kelly Marcel’s feature directing debut. Marcel co-wrote the first “Venom” with Scott Rosenberg and Jeff Pinker for director Ruben Fleischer in 2018, and the slightly unhinged superhero pic went on to gross over $850 million worldwide. Marcel was the lone credited screenwriter on the sequel, “Venom: Let There Be Carnage,” directed by Andy Serkis, which went...

There are diverse streaming releases slates and then there is Hulu’s list of new releases for May 2022. There are no big franchises here, no big themes – just a whole bunch of original and library titles for everyone to enjoy.

Hulu’s major original releases in May come in the middle of the month. Candy premieres on May 9 and stars Jessica Biel as your friendly neighborhood axe murderer. If that sounds a bit outlandish, bear in mind that this limited series is based on the real life story of Candy Montgomery and her victim, the tragically named Betty Gore. On May 15, Hulu will play host to Conversations with Friends. This is the latest adaptation of the works of Sally Rooney. After the breakaway success of Normal People, Hulu is undoubtedly hoping for more lightning in a bottle.

On the movie side of things, May will welcome The Valet on May...

While we've all grown to love Jack Pearson (Milo Ventimiglia) on This Is Us, we saw a whole different side of him through his relationship with his younger brother this past season. During season three, Michael Angarano won fans over with his incredible and heartbreaking portrayal of Nicky. Now, the talented star has received his first Emmy nomination for his incredible guest-role on the series. While Michael has received critical acclaim for his role on This Is Us, this certainly isn't his first brush with the spotlight. Get to know more about the charming actor ahead.

He's 31 years old. Michael was born on Dec. 3, 1987, in Brooklyn, NY. He's been acting since he was a kid. Michael first got into acting when he was only 5 years old. In 2000, he had a small role in Almost Famous, but his first major film role was in 2001's Little Secrets with Evan Rachel Wood and David Gallagher.

"Days like today, and meeting you - that's happiness, my friend." Gravitas Ventures has debuted an official trailer for an indie drama titled Avenues, which marks the feature directorial debut of Brooklyn-born actor Michael Angarano. This premiered at a festival back in 2017 but is just now getting a VOD release almost two years later. Set in New York City, Angarano also stars in this film as Max. On his birthday following the suicide of his brother, Max and his friend Peter wander the wintry streets (or the "avenues") of Manhattan contemplating life, livelihood, and what it means to be an adult. Like most indie dramas. Also starring Ari Graynor, Adelaide Clemens, John Robinson, and Greg Vrotsos. It might be a worthwhile little film. Here's the first official trailer (+ poster) for Michael Angarano's Avenues, direct from YouTube: On his 25th birthday, Max attempts to distance himself ...

In 2012, Ramaa Mosely made the movie The Brass Teapot, a fairy tale allegory about a magic teapot that gives a couple money whenever they hurt themselves. With Lost Child, Mosely has created another modern day myth, and it doesn’t hurt that she keeps casting my favorite actresses. Fern (Leven Rambin) comes home from the Army looking for her brother Billy (Taylor John Smith). Before she finds him, she discovers Cecil (Landon Edwards) in the woods and reluctantly agrees to take him in while they look for his family. As soon as she does, Fern begins getting sick and her […]

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The night He came home again is almost upon us and Birth.Movies.Death. is celebrating with a collectible magazine featuring interviews with David Gordon Green, John Carpenter, and Jamie Lee Curtis, as well as Mondo's Halloween posters and so much more! Also in today's Horror Highlights: details on Nightmares Film Festival's screening of the 4K restoration of William Lustig's Maniac, and a trailer for Lost Child.

Birth.Movies.Death. Celebrates All Things Halloween: "Birth.Movies.Death. is celebrating the release of David Gordon Green’s Halloween with a stunning new collectible magazine filled with editorials, interviews, and deep dives into the history of one of the greatest horror films ever made.

Featuring a gorgeous Mondo cover by artist Phantom City Creative, interior art by renowned designer Chris Bilheimer, a stunning spread featuring some of Mondo's greatest Halloween posters, and a series of exclusive interviews with Halloween 2018’s creative team,...

Written/directed by Ramaa Mosley (The Brass Teapot) along with producer/writer Tim Macy, The Lost Child stars Hunger Games and True Detective alum Leven Rambin and follows an army veteran, Fern, who returns home in order to look for her brother, only to discover an abandoned boy lurking in the woods behind her childhood home. After […]

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"How is it you came to live out here in these woods?" Breaking Glass Pictures has debuted an official trailer for a thriller titled Lost Child, formerly titled Tatterdemalion when it first premiered at a few small film festivals last year. Lost Child, a new film by filmmaker Ramaa Mosley (of The Brass Teapot), is about an army veteran who returns home and finds an abandoned young boy in the woods. As she searches for clues to the boy's identity, she discovers the local folklore about a spirit which comes in the form of a child. Oooh. Leven Rambin stars, with Taylor John Smith, Jim Parrack, Toni Chritton Johnson, and Landon Edwards. This looks like a slow burn horror film masquerading as a dramatic thriller, which is intriguing. Here's the official trailer (+ two posters) for Ramaa Mosley's Lost Child, from YouTube (via THR): Lost Child follows an army veteran,...

Leven Rambin plays an Army veteran who befriends a mysterious abandoned boy (Landon Edwards) in the trailer for Lost Child, which The Hollywood Reporter is debuting exclusively above.

The thriller, directed by Ramaa Mosley (The Brass Teapot), follows Rambin's Fern after she returns home to care for her brother and ends up taking in a lost boy she finds in the woods behind her childhood home.

As she looks into his identity, she learns of local folklore involving an evil, life-draining spirit that comes in the form of a child. The trailer amps up the tension as a voiceover talks about ...

Leven Rambin plays an Army veteran who befriends a mysterious abandoned boy (Landon Edwards) in the trailer for Lost Child, which The Hollywood Reporter is debuting exclusively above.

The thriller, directed by Ramaa Mosley (The Brass Teapot), follows Rambin's Fern after she returns home to care for her brother and ends up taking in a lost boy she finds in the woods behind her childhood home.

As she looks into his identity, she learns of local folklore involving an evil, life-draining spirit that comes in the form of a child. The trailer amps up the tension as a voiceover talks about ...

Exclusive: Breaking Glass Pictures has acquired worldwide rights to the Ptsd thriller which will open theatrically in Los Angeles and New York and other select markets in September. That will be followed by a DVD/VOD release in the third quarter.

Tatterdemalion, written/directed by Ramaa Mosely (The Brass Teapot), stars Hunger Games and True Detective alum Leven Rambin and follows an army veteran, Fern, who returns home in order to look for her brother, only to discover an abandoned boy lurking in the woods behind her childhood home. After taking in the boy, she searches for clues to his identity, and discovers the local folklore about a malevolent, life-draining spirit that comes in the form of a child; the Tatterdemalion.

Co-starring in the film is Jim Parrack (True Blood), Taylor John Smith (American Crime), and newcomer Landon Edwards.

Mosely told Deadline: “I am passionate about sci fi, supernatural and...

"I always thought that by the time I got married, I would be different." Samuel Goldwyn Films has debuted a trailer for an indie romantic comedy called It Had to Be You, about a woman who freaks out when she learns her boyfriend is going to propose to her. Actress Cristin Milioti (seen in The Wolf of Wall Street, The Brass Teapot, "Fargo", "The Mindy Project") stars, with Dan Soder, Halley Feiffer, Kate Simses, Erica Sweany, Mark Gessner and Rachel York. This is definitely very quirky, but there's also some charm to it, mostly because Cristin Milioti is quite talented and it's nice to see her in a fun role like this. The trailer ends rather abruptly, like there's more going on - but I guess we have to see the film to find out what. Here's the official trailer (+ poster) for Sasha Gordon's It Had to Be You,...

Juno Temple doesn't tend to discriminate when it comes to her movie roles. She's appeared in everything from Christopher Nolan's "The Dark Knight Rises" to William Friedkin's delightfully sleazy "Killer Joe" to this year's underrated period piece "Far From The Madding Crowd." But she also tends to jump into an occasional indie that comes along, which means there are movies like "The Brass Teapot" and "Magic Magic," scattered across her filmography and "Safelight" looks like another to fit that category of forgettable films. Co-staring Evan Peters, Christine Lahti, and Ariel Winter, the movie tells the unlikely story of a high school kid who whisks away a prostitute from her dangerous pimp, and shows her the beauty of photography. Uh...here's the official synopsis:  The paths of three desperate individuals perilously cross in a dusty desert town. Charles (Evan Peters) is a high school senior with physical challenges,...

Kyle Patrick Alvarez’s “The Stanford Prison Experiment” Image Courtesy of the Sundance Institute

The Stanford Prison Experiment

Directed by Kyle Patrick Alvarez

Written by Tim Talbott

USA, 2015

Kyle Patrick Alvarez’s The Stanford Prison Experiment is a darkly comedic dramatization of a frightening real life experiment conducted in 1971 by Dr. Phillip Zimbardo. It spun wildly out of control over the course of just 5 days. Two dozen Ivy league men are drawn to the experiment for money. Screened for good mental health and randomly assigned positions as guards or prisoners, conformity is set to be examined under the the microscope in the basement of prestigious Stanford. The experiment starts out informally as they are given uniforms and plopped into their cells and guard rooms. It soon spirals into degrading mental abuse and physical deprivation. That this happened is not in question but how systematic torture ensued couldn’t have been anticipated.

Lobbyists against onscreen smoking could have a friend in comedic actor Andrew Daly (Comedy Central’s Review), or at least his persnickety neighbor character who is trying to clean up the streets in Matt Walsh’s second directorial comedy A Better You. The film follows Dr. Ron (Brian Huskey), a Hollywood quack hypnotherapist. The only thing worse than Dr. Ron’s methods are his disrespectful patients who loiter around the neighborhood as seen in this clip. The film, which was co-written by Huskey and Walsh, makes its world premiere today at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival at 4:40pm at the Metro 4, with screenings tomorrow at 8:10am and Monday, Feb. 2, at 10:20pm. The film is produced by Kirk Roos (The Brass Teapot, High Road, Painkillers) and his Badlands Features label. Joe Lo Truglio, Erinn Hayes, Rob Huebel, Morgan Walsh, Natasha Leggero, Reid Scott and Mo Gaffney also star.

A little over a week ago, I got an e-mail from Stuart Zakim, a publicist I've heard from a few times in the past, and I scanned it, as I try to scan everything that hits my e-mail box. Here's where I'm going to give you a look at how the sausage gets made. For the most part, I write based on instinct and time and opportunity. I would like to write ten times the material I write at the moment, because there are that many things I'd like to share with you. There are that many things worth discussing. And every time I feel the moment to discuss something slip by, and I don't get a chance to write about something, it drives me crazy. So one of the things I try not to get pulled into is what I like to call "other people's priorities." That sounds heartless,...

Exclusive: Fred Hurt (aka Dakota Fred) and his son Dustin Hurt from Discovery’s reality series Gold Rush will be the subject of All That Glitters, a new documentary currently filming in Haines, Alaska and directed by Kirk Roos, producer of The Brass Teapot and Matt Walsh’s comedy directorial canon High Road and the upcoming A Better You. Doc focuses on some plot elements that were left unresolved on Gold Rush pertaining to the Hurts’ obsession with diverting a waterfall in their quest for the legendary Porcupine Creek mines on the Dalton/Klondike trail. All That Glitters is an opportunity for Dakota Fred and his crew to take their search for gold under a new light. Doc […]...

Who can say no to cake? Apparently not Jennifer Aniston. Following the massive success of her R-rated comedy We're The Millers, Aniston has signed on to headline and executive produce an indie dramedy called Cake. And she's bringing a bunch of friends on board for the ride. What began as a Black List script with buzz is now an indie production with a dazzling ensemble. The Wrap reports Sam Worthington, Anna Kendrick, Chris Messina, Felicity Huffman (Desperate Housewives), William H. Macy (Shameless), Marianne Jean-Baptiste (Secrets & Lies), Britt Robertson (Delivery Man), Lucy Walters (The Brass Teapot), Camille Mana (Smart People), and Manuel Garcia Rulfo (Bless Me, Ultima) have all joined Cake's cast. THR adds that The Good Wife's Mamie Gummer, daughter of Meryl Streep, has also signed on. Penned by Patrick Tobin (No Easy Way Out), Cake will center on Claire (Aniston), a bitter woman who is absorbed in...

Jesse Plemons ( The Master , "Breaking Bad") and Juno Temple ( The Dark Knight Rises , The Brass Teapot ) are the latest names to be connected to Black Mass , the Scott Cooper-directed drama about Boston crime kingpin-turned-fugitive Whitey Bulger. The Hollywood Reporter today brings word that both young stars are in talks for the Cross Creek Pictures and Exclusive Media production, to star opposite Johnny Depp, Joel Edgerton, Guy Pearce and Dakota Johnson. Black Mass tells the story of James "Whitey" Bulger, an Irish street punk in Boston with a penchant for rape and robbery, who spent much of his early life incarcerated. When released from Alcatraz, Whitey returned to his thug lifestyle and rose to power in organized crime by using his FBI informant...

This week it finally happened, Lovefilm is no more, it has now been completely consumed by its Amazon overlords and is now known as Amazon Prime and something that operates totally through your Amazon account should you have one.

At first this was a baffling experience, there was rumours of a lot more new content being added and when you logged into the Ios app for Lovefilm/Amazon post switchover, suddenly you were faced with A Lot of new content, things like Aliens, Congo, Cujo, Invaders from Mars and lots of HBO shows including Eastbound and Down, Enlightened and the Sopranos as well as Community in the ‘Recently Added’ section.

Of course this was too good to be true and you could add these to your watchlist but then not actually watch them. So when things calmed down and you logged back in, these titles it turned out were part...

This year’s Saturn Award nominations have been announced and include a number of horror movie and TV releases, such as The Conjuring and The Walking Dead:

“Los Angeles – February, 2014 – Alfonso Cuaron’s Gravity and Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug both received 8 nominations as the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films today announced nominations for the 40th Annual Saturn Awards, which will be presented in June.

Other major contenders that packed a real punch were The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, Guillermo del Toro’s Pacific Rim, Star Trek into Darkness, The Book Thief, Her, Oz The Great and Powerful and Ron Howard’s Rush. Also making a strong showing was the folk musical fable Inside Llewyn Davis, which proves that the Coen Brothers are a genre onto their own. And Scarlett Johansson was the first Best Supporting Actress to be nominated for her captivating...

The theme of the year (if it can ever be boiled down to just one thing) is that "Greed is no longer Good, it is complicated." Perhaps this is just fall out from filmmaking projects that likely were conceived at about the low-point of the world economic meltdown of 2008-2009. Nevertheless, the nefarious means of acquiring wealth and fame in pursuit of becoming the 1% was featured in nearly a dozen films where those willing to go through hell to 'get theirs' was examined in various modes:  The Counselor, American Hustle, The Bling Ring, The Wolf of Wall St., Spring Breakers, Pain and Gain, and to a lesser extent, The Great Gatsby, Elysium and The Brass Teapot.  As per usual, most of the good movies...

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After Charlie Hunnam dropped out of playing Christian Grey in Universal's Fifty Shades of Grey earlier this month, the role has quickly become one of the hottest parts in town. Today, we have word that actor Billy Magnussen tested on Friday, along with Jamie Dornan (The Fall).

Both actors read with director Sam Taylor-Johnson and star Dakota Johnson, who is playing Anastasia Steele. Jamie Dornan was mentioned as a contender last week, along with True Blood star Alexander Skarsg&#229rd. We also reported last week that Fran&#231ois Arnaud (The Borgias) was in contention as well. Scott Eastwood (Fury, Texas Chainsaw 3D) has also tried out for the coveted part.

Sam Taylor-Johnson is directing from an adapted screenplay by Kelly Marcel, which is being polished by Patrick Marber. We reported last month that production is scheduled to begin in Vancouver next month, although it isn't known if shooting will be...

To mark the release of the Brass Teapot starring Juno Temple on DVD September 30th, we’ve been given 3 copies to give away.

John and Alice live in small-town, married, very much in love, and broke. Alice (Juno Temple – Lovelace, The Dark Knight Rises, Killer Joe) struggles to make ends meet while her friends enjoy the good life. Her husband John (Michael Angarano – Almost Famous), neurotic and riddled with phobias, just wants to get the bills paid. But an accident leads them to a roadside antique shop where Alice is spontaneously drawn to a mysterious brass teapot. It isn’t long before they realise that this is no ordinary teapot.

Featuring an all-star cast, The Brass Teapot is a hilarious modern fable about money and the lengths people will go to snag the American Dream.

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As the Toronto Film Festival acquisitions market gets cracking, I find it helpful to see how some of last year’s titles fared at the box office. It’s an instructive way to keep things in perspective. Titles below reflect theatrical grosses, but remember, multi-platform business is not reflected and in some cases has turned films into profitable winners. Related: Toronto 2013: Will Deals Take Back Seat? Toronto Film Festival 2012 Acquisitions at the Domestic B.O. Title (distributor) Domestic B.O. (in millions except where noted) The Place Beyond the Pines (Focus Features) $21.4 Spring Breakers (A24) $14.1 Much Ado About Nothing (Roadside Attractions) $4.27 Frances Ha (IFC) $4.05 Emperor (Roadside Attractions) $3.35 Stories We Tell (Roadside Attractions) $1.59 Girl Most Likely (Roadside Attractions) $1.38 The Lords of Salem (Anchor Bay) $1.17 What Maisie Knew (Millennium Ent.) $1.07 Still Mine (Samuel Goldwyn) $587K The Reluctant Fundamentalist (IFC) $529K Arthur Newman (Cinedigm) $208K No Place on Earth (Magnolia) $200K John Dies at the End...

Similar in theme to the concept of Richard Kelly's The Box, which theorized whether a couple would risk misfortune on others in exchange for a fortune for themselves, The Brass Teapot asks a slightly more interesting question: how much pain would you endure if it meant you could be filthy, stinking rich? With a magical teapot that trades personal injury for large suddenly appearing installments of cash, a young couple milk the premise for all its worth in a story that relies a bit too heavily on coincidence and takes no real chances with the boundless opportunities its story offers.  Stars Juno Temple and Michael Angarano make The Brass Teapot easy to watch, but in the end it's all a bit too predictable with an ending  that has a little shock value but few surprises.

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It was just two months back that Jake Gyllenhaal had us swooning over reports he.d play a prince in Rob Marshall.s movie musical adaptation of Stephen Sondheim & James Lapine's fairy tale themed Into the Woods. But then we knew .Agony. when Gyllenhaal had to give up the role of Rapunzel.s prince when his prior commitment to Dan Gilroy.s directorial debut Nightcrawler caused an insurmountable schedule conflict. But rather than reconsidering Cheyenne Jackson, who played the part in a reading Marshall hosted last Fall, the celebrated Chicago helmer has found a new prince to woo the long-haired princess in former As the World Turns. star Billy Magnussen. The 28-year-old actor has appeared in a handful of indie films, including Whit Stillman.s Damsels in Distress, Ramaa Mosley.s The Brass Teapot, and Zal Batmanglij.s political thriller The East. But his more relevant work might be...

Exclusive: Outsourced star Ben Rappaport has booked a recurring role on CBS‘ legal drama The Good Wife. He’ll be playing a four-year associate at Lockhart-Gardner in the series’ upcoming fifth season, joining Julianna Margulies, Matt Czuchry, Archie Panjabi, Josh Charles, Christine Baranski, Alan Cumming and Zach Grenier, who was recently upped to regular. Rappaport appeared on Broadway in Picnic and was most recently seen in feature The Brass Teapot. He’s repped by Gersh, Invictus Entertainment and attorney Rick Genow.

Before Sunrise / Before Sunset At only $7.99 if you don't own Before Sunrise and Before Sunset you can't pass this deal up. Yes, they may become available on Blu-ray soon, but at $7.99 is it really that much of an expense not to own two of the greatest romance films everc Buy 'em both, watch 'em and head on out to check out Before Midnight and feel good all over.

 

Safety Last! (Criterion Collection) I already wrote up my review of Criterion's Blu-ray for Harold Lloyd's Safety Last! (read it here) so most of you should already know I highly recommend this title. This is a silent film right up there with the likes of Buster Keaton and Charlie Chaplin's best. Film lovers won't regret the purchase.

 

Marketa Lazarova (Criterion Collection) I also reviewed Criterion's Blu-ray for Frantisek Vlacil's Marketa Lazarova, which isn't a title for everyone. This is...

This week: Bryan Singer adapts the British fairy tale of "Jack and the Beanstalk" into the underappreciated action-adventure "Jack the Giant Slayer," starring Nicholas Hoult, Eleanor Tomlinson and Ewan McGregor.

Also new this week is the coming-of-age comedy "21 & Over," the psychosexual drama "Stoker" with Nicole Kidman and Mia Wasikowska, the quirky morality play "The Brass Teapot" with Juno Temple and the celebrity-riddled anthology film "Movie 43" starring, well, half of Hollywood.

'Jack the Giant Slayer'

Box Office: $65 million

Rotten Tomatoes: 52% Rotten

Storyline: Bryan Singer's update on the classic fairy tale has the titular farmhand (Nicholas Hoult) unwittingly reigniting an ancient war between humans and giants when his magical beanstalk bridges their two worlds. As the giants try to reclaim the land they once lost, Jack is forced to fight for his kingdom and the love of a princess (Eleanor Tomlinson) as he comes face-to-face with towering warriors...

Chilean director Sebastián Silva (The Maid, Old Cats, Life Kills Me) makes his English language debut with this psychological thriller featuring intimidation, hypnosis and maybe just a bit of overwrought villainy on the part of Michael Cera. Maria Full of Grace star Catalina Sandino and Emily "Babydoll" Browning also appear in supporting roles. The film played (quietly) at Sundance this year, and while it never secured a theatrical release, it is coming to DVD/VOD in August.  Personally, I'm still waiting for Juno Temple to become a bonafide star, as the right part has eluded her even as she brings a significant freshness to whatever project she turns up in. None of these (Killer Joe, Cracks, The Brass Teapot, Dirty Girl, Mr. Nobody) got any mainstream notice. While I...

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Indie film The Brass Teapot will be making an appearance in Austin on Thursday, May 23. Ramaa Mosley makes her feature directorial debut with the movie, basing it off of her 2007 short of the same name. Tim Macy scripted both the short and the feature.

It stars Michael Angarano (Sky High, Snow Angels), Juno Temple (Dirty Girl, Killer Joe) and Houston native Alexis Bledel (Gilmore Girls). it originally premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2012, and hasn't screened in Austin previously.

The Brass Teapot follows John (Angarano) and Alice (Temple), a young newlywed couple struggling to make ends meet. Feeling down on their luck, they happen upon an antiques store where Alice discovers a unique brass teapot. It appears to be just another junk-store find until the couple discovers that the teapot can give them all the money they desire -- in exchange for hurting themselves.

Vowing to stop once they hit their first million,...

In The Brass Teapot, John (Michael Angarano) and Alice (Juno Temple) are a small town couple in their ‘20s, who are very much in love, but also very broke. Struggling to make ends meet while their friends enjoy the good life, a mysterious brass teapot in a roadside antique shop is seemingly the answer to all of their problems, when it starts spitting money out of its spout. But, as its demands for appeasement become darker and darker, its existence is a reminder that you should always be careful what you wish for. At the film’s press day, actress Juno Temple spoke to Collider for this exclusive interview about making a grown-up fairytale, finding the balance between fantasy and realism, how important it is to just go there for emotional scenes, how difficult it was to get through the S&M scene without laughing, and how she likes to...

In The Brass Teapot, John (Michael Angarano) and Alice (Juno Temple) are a small town couple in their ‘20s, who are very much in love, but also very broke. Struggling to make ends meet while their friends enjoy the good life, a mysterious brass teapot in a roadside antique shop is seemingly the answer to all of their problems, when it starts spitting money out of its spout. But, as its demands for appeasement become darker and darker, its existence is a reminder that you should always be careful what you wish for. At the film’s press day, actor Michael Angarano spoke to Collider for this exclusive interview about why this odd little film appealed to him, keeping the relationship very real amidst this fantastical story, how they got to play around a bit with the script, and how much he enjoyed shooting the emotionally abusive moments. He also...

What if you found a magical object that would give you riches but didn't require a genie or a leprechaun, rather simple, self-inflicted pain? Would you hit yourself in the hand with a hammer to get a couple hundred bucks? Would you get a tooth pulled without any anesthetic to buy a new car? That's the question The Brass Teapot asks. A mystical device that gives money in exchange for violence may sound like the setup for a horror movie, but Ramma Mosley's feature film debut is actually a comedy, though obviously with a bit of a twisted sense of humor. It stars Juno Temple and Michael Angarano as a young couple in love but not a job between them. They hope to make some money by finding a random antique that might be worth something on The Antiques Roadshow and wind...

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The Brass Teapot marks the feature-film directorial debut of Ramaa Mosley. Dealing with Mosley’s love and fascination of magical objects, the film stars Juno Temple and Michael Angarano as Alice and John, a married couple very much in love with each other and also very broke.

As they try to stay one step ahead of their dire financial situation, Alice suddenly comes into contact with a mysterious brass teapot and soon discovers that it spits out money anytime she hurts herself intentionally or otherwise. But while it looks like she and John have suddenly found the answers to all their troubles, they eventually wonder just how far they are willing to get the money they think they need.

Mosley got her filmmaking start at the age of sixteen with her documentary We Can Make a Difference, which was about global pollution’s effect on children, and it received the...

While on the red carpet for the UK premiere of Olympus has fallen, Aaron Eckhart declined to talk about Divergent but did share a few details about I, Frankenstein with RedCarpetNewsTV. "I can't say anything about [Divergent] because you know how Hollywood is - it's very secretive these days. I do have a movie coming out called I, Frankenstein where I play the monster Frankenstein which I think is quite exciting. It's the monster Frankenstein in the modern age; he's looking for his soul, for love and his place in life and he uses kali stick fighting to do it [laughs]. It's a movie about good and evil, gargoyles, demons and it's something you've never seen before. It's going to be interesting." Juno Temple was also on a promotional kick but for her own film, The Brass Teapot. In an interview with Iar, the actress did, quickly, share...

Poster 3 for The Brass Teapot starring Michael Angarano and Juno Temple Juno Temple's smoking a some cash...literally, and Angarano's bandaged noggin's out of a teapot. If I'm heard saying that sentence in public, they'll shift me off to a nut farm, but here, I'm good to go. The Magnolia Pictures comedy which also stars Alexis Bledel, Alia Shawkat, Ben Rapaport, Steve Prk, Billy Magnussen and Lucy Walters, hits theaters on April 5th, exclusive to N.Y. and Los Angeles. Ramaa Mosley helms from the writing by Tim Macy. The film's produced by Darren Goldberg, James Graves, Kirk Roos, Natalie Simpkins and Mosley. The Brass Teapot is a magical comedy based on the comic book series about a broke, mid-twenty year old couple who, in these difficult economic times, finds a mysterious, magical brass teapot which gives them money every time they (or others) are hurt near it. After realizing the teapots powers,...

Poster 3 for The Brass Teapot starring Michael Angarano and Juno Temple Juno Temple's smoking a some cash...literally, and Angarano's bandaged noggin's out of a teapot. If I'm heard saying that sentence in public, they'll shift me off to a nut farm, but here, I'm good to go. The Magnolia Pictures comedy which also stars Alexis Bledel, Alia Shawkat, Ben Rapaport, Steve Prk, Billy Magnussen and Lucy Walters, hits theaters on April 5th, exclusive to N.Y. and Los Angeles. Ramaa Mosley helms from the writing by Tim Macy. The film's produced by Darren Goldberg, James Graves, Kirk Roos, Natalie Simpkins and Mosley. The Brass Teapot is a magical comedy based on the comic book series about a broke, mid-twenty year old couple who, in these difficult economic times, finds a mysterious, magical brass teapot which gives them money every time they (or others) are hurt near it. After realizing the teapots powers,...

Sin City: A Dame to Kill For, director Robert Rodriguez's long-awaited follow-up to his 2005 blockbuster Sin City, finally hits theaters later this year, featuring plenty of familiar faces including (Jessica Alba, Mickey Rourke, Rosario Dawson), along with a slew of new characters. One of those new characters is Juno Temple's Sally, the mistress of Ray Liotta's Joey.

During our chat for her new film The Brass Teapot, Juno Temple spoke about her role in this highly-anticipated sequel, hitting theaters October 4. Here's what she had to say about working with Robert Rodriguez and how each character gets a chance to shine.

That's the great thing about the Sin City movies. Each little slot is incredibly meaningful, and each character has their own moment. That was such an exciting thing to be a part of, because each story is almost like it's own little story within itself. Also, to...

Actress Juno Temple talks about her role in The Brass Teapot, currently available on VOD and debuting in theaters April 5

In times like these, with the economy the way it is, most people would be overjoyed if they found a teapot that magically produces piles of cash. That is exactly what happens in the new indie comedy The Brass Teapot, when a struggling married couple, Alice (Juno Temple) and John (Michael Angarano), come across this seemingly-ordinary household appliance. After a mishap with a curling iron, Alice realizes that the teapot dispenses cold hard cash any time pain is inflicted around it, and just like that, this downtrodden couple have hit the jackpot, or so they think.

Directed by Ramaa Mosley, The Brass Teapot shows us how far some will go to ensure they can keep living the good life, no matter what it does to themselves and those around them.

Opening in a limited release this Friday, writer/director Ramaa Mosley's The Brass Teapot blends comedy, drama and fantasy for a modern day fable. Juno Temple ( Killer Joe , The Dark Knight Rises ) and Michael Angarano ( Red State , Almost Famous ) star as Alice and John, a young married couple that happen upon an item of mythical origin. Although it looks on the outside like an ordinary brass teapot, the pair soon learn that it magically fills with money whenever it's around pain. The question soon becomes about how far, exactly, Alice and John are willing to go to gain a fortune. ComingSoon.net sat down with the two leads to discuss the origins of the film (which is based on a real legend) and to discuss how the story can serve as an allegory for the transition into...

Even The Twilight Zone would have struggled with the cutesy conceit of The Brass Teapot, a greed-corrupts cautionary tale about a financially strapped married couple whose life is destroyed by a teapot that spews cash any time they hurt themselves or others. For broke John (Michael Angarano) and Alice (Juno Temple), the ancient kettle is the answer to their prayers, though the burns, broken limbs, and S&M whipping fun that accompany it soon give way to graver trouble, as the teapot shows greater interest in not just physical but emotional pain—a fact that John and Alice ignore even after being cautioned by a Chinese sage who knows the object's 2,000-year-old history. He's one of many stereotypes trotted out by director Ramaa Mosley's fable, which also serves up cari...

A downscale young couple reaps financial riches thanks to a magical teapot in Ramaa Mosley’s comedy that attempts to be a modern fable about greed. But while its supernatural premise might have fueled a perfectly good Twilight Zone episode, The Brass Teapot strains to fill its feature-length running time. Twentysomethings John (Michael Angarano) and Alice (Juno Temple) are desperately struggling to get by. Alice, voted “most likely to succeed” in high school, finds that her degree in art history has resulted in unemployment, while John gets fired from his low-paying telemarketing job. Wandering into an antiques shop after

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Sneak Peek a new trailer and images from director Ramaa Mosley's "dark, magical comedy..." "The Brass Teapot", opening April 5, 2013 starring Juno Temple, Michael Angarano, Alexis Bledel, Alia Shawkat and Bobby Moynihan, based on a story by Mosley and Tim Macy :

"...'John' and 'Alice' live in small town America. They are married, very much in love, and broke. Once voted 'most likely to succeed', Alice struggles to make ends meet while her friends enjoy the good life. Her husband John, neurotic and riddled with phobias, just wants to get the bills paid. But an accident leads them to a roadside antique shop where Alice is spontaneously drawn to a mysterious brass teapot.

"It isn’t long before they realize that this is no ordinary teapot and that perhaps they have found the answer to all of their financial woes..."

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Why did Michael Angarano fall in love with Juno Temple on the set of The Brass Teapot? Let him count the ways! Us Weekly chatted with the 25-year-old actor at the Hollywood premiere of the couple's new film on Thursday, March 21 and he didn't run out of nice things to say about his costar turned real-life girlfriend. "I was very excited to work with Juno because I think she's one of the best young actresses around," Angarano told Us. "I think she's very diverse and I [...]...

Michael Angarano, who stars in the upcoming indie The Brass Teapot, has joined the cast of the Heat remake for Sierra/Affinity.

Jason Statham stars as Nick, a recovering gambling addict who takes on protection and security jobs in Las Vegas. He puts it all on the line when he decides to take on the mafia, after his friend is badly beaten. Michael Angarano will play Cyrus Kinnick, a young billionaire tech wiz who hires Nick as a bodyguard and gambling adviser. Sof&#237a Vergara also stars in an unspecified role. Burt Reynolds and Peter MacNicol portrayed Nick and Cyrus in the 1987 film Heat.

Simon West (The Expendables 2) is directing from a screenplay by William Goldman, who wrote the novel and the screenplay adaptation for the original. Jason Statham is also producing alongside Steve Chasman, with Corey Yuen serving as fight choreographer. No production schedule was given.

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